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TEMESVAR , the See also:capital of the See also:county of Temes, See also:Hungary, 188 m. S.E. of See also:Budapest by See also:rail. Pop. (T9oo) 53,033. It lies Ti
on the navigable Bega See also:canal and on the See also:river $ega, and consists of the inner See also:town, formerly strongly fortified, and of four out-lying suburbs. Several parks have been laid out on the site of the broad See also:glacis which formerly separated Temesvar from its suburbs, which are now See also:united with it by broad avenues. Temesvar is the seat of a See also:Roman See also:Catholic and a See also:Greek Orthodox See also:bishop. Amongst its, See also:principal buildings are the Roman Catholic See also:cathedral, built (1735–57) by Maria See also:Theresa; the Greek Orthodox cathedral; a See also:castle built by Hunyady Janos in 1442, now used as an See also:arsenal; the town and county See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, the museum and large See also:barracks. In the principal square rises a See also:Gothic See also:column, 40 ft. high, erected by the See also:Emperor See also:Francis See also:Joseph in 1851 to commemorate the successful resistance of the town to the See also:siege of 107 days laid by the Hungarian revolutionary See also:army in 1849. Temesvar is the most important centre of See also:commerce and See also:industry of See also:south Hungary, and carries on a brisk See also:trade in See also:grain, See also:flour, See also:spirits and horses. Its See also:industrial establishments include factories for See also:tobacco, See also:cloth, matches, See also:leather, artificial manure, besides breweries and distilleries.
Temesvar is an old town, and although destroyed by the See also:Tatars in 1242, it was a populous See also:place at the beginning of the 14th See also:century, and was strongly fortified by See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Charles See also:Robert of See also:Anjou, who resided here several years. The Hunyady See also:family had also their See also:residence bere. In 1514 the See also:peasant See also:leader, See also:Stephan See also:Dozsa, was defeated by the Transylvanian voivod, See also:John Zapolya, near Temesvar, captured and executed. Unsuccessfully besieged by the See also:Turks in 1552, it was captured by them in the following See also:year after a heroic resistance. It remained in their hands until 1716, when it was liberated by See also:Prince See also:Eugene of See also:Savoy. New strong fortifications were erected, and the town See also:grew steadily in importance, se;ving as the capital of the whole See also:Banat. It endured another siege in 1849, when it resisted successfully the attacks of a Hungarian revolutionary army.
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